Places Added by Manta

The oldest Anglican church in Central America hosted the coronations of four indigenous kings.

The Afro-Caribbean workers who constructed the Panama Canal built this church-turned-museum in their spare time.

A local workshop makes Japanese-style paper out of everything from papyrus to pineapple leaves.

Islands of granite rise above the rainforest canopy to form unique microbiomes in a remote French territory.

Over 70,000 prisoners were “transported” to a brutal life of forced labor in this French penal colony.

Europe’s only spaceport is in South America.

In a past life this steamboat hauled rubber and passengers up and down the Amazon.

Once the center of the largest missionary operation in South America, this convent now hosts a museum and library.

A house once used to feed orphans of a brutal conflict now serves as a museum honoring its victims.

A Bolivian sculptor known for crafting thousands of stone spheres turned his home into a work of art.

Once the largest source of mercury in the Americas, these ruins earned the name “Mine of Death.”

A small museum tells how a group of Russian Mennonites ended up in the Paraguayan Chaco.

Using primarily recycled materials, artists transformed this house into a colorful piece of art.